Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind. We wallow in nostalgia but manage to get it all wrong. True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories... but American-style nostalgia is about as ephemeral as copyrighted d?j? vu.


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I've always been a bit of a decorator. I think if I wasn't a singer I'd probably be in s...
FLORENCE WELCH
Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
You ask me why I do not write something....I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they ou...
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or lat...
FLORENCE SHINN
It's about how to make the best meat loaf or fried chicken or macaroni and cheese. It's about brilli...
TYLER FLORENCE
It's a more intimate setting. We wanted our brides to have a good selection but be able to remember ...
FLORENCE BELCHER
We're setting the show up like a wedding. The fashion show will take place with the brides walking d...
FLORENCE BELCHER
[By eating fish] you may be replacing a fatty meal like a bacon cheeseburger with something low in f...
FLORENCE SHEEHAN
I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.
FLORENCE WELCH
I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do d...
FLORENCE WELCH
I always seem to feel that everything is about to cave in on me. I think that maybe music is my prot...
FLORENCE WELCH
She had met people who had tried to fit in. She had met people who tried to stand out. But until the...
MILLIE FLORENCE
I think music should be scary. Music is an exorcism.
FLORENCE WELCH
Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any e...
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
There is no part of my life, upon which I can look back without pain
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this - 'de...
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Instead of wishing to see more doctors made by women joining what there are, I wish to see as few do...
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
The concept of being a locavore, or one who chooses whenever possible to incorporate locally grown o...
TYLER FLORENCE
What cruel mistakes are sometimes made by benevolent men and women in matters of business about whic...
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
You ask me why I do not write something.... I think one's feelings waste themselves in words, they o...
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
When I used to live in the Brewster Projects, I always thought it would be fantastic to have a phone...
FLORENCE BALLARD
As a chef, I prefer fish over meat,
TYLER FLORENCE
I don't think there's anything wrong with a hot dog or other convenience foods, as long as t...
TYLER FLORENCE
I got to live out my 11-year-old fantasies - I got to go on stage with Green Day. Billie Joe called ...
FLORENCE WELCH
I can expect no sympathy or help from (my family).
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
It was kind of schizophrenic at times because she was still mom. But after a while, in a weird way, ...
FLORENCE SEIDELMAN
We are just letting everybody in the community know that this is a possibility if they want to see t...
FLORENCE PATERNO
They're designing a poster for our advertising push. I thought that was kind of neat that these kids...
FLORENCE PATERNO
It's not quite the crowd we had hoped for but everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.
FLORENCE PATERNO
We're trying to integrate the two buildings into one cultural arts center.
FLORENCE PATERNO
We want people to dress up like a star. But, if they don't want to, come casual.
FLORENCE PATERNO
To be honest, I think the only show that's doing OK for them is House . It seems to have grown in te...
FLORENCE NG
In the United States an American is top priority, service delivery is top priority and this is the t...
FLORENCE MUMBA
We are failing as a country because our structures have broken down. We have left everything to the ...
FLORENCE MUMBA
Winners win because they try out something.
FLORENCE MUMBA
After each fashion show, we will also have a fantasy reception in order to showcase the talents of o...
FLORENCE BELCHER
We hope that it will encourage the grooms to come out and take part in the wedding. it will give the...
FLORENCE BELCHER
My goal has always been to be like a female George Burns. Having had the opportunity to work with hi...
FLORENCE HENDERSON
There's an old Chinese proverb that says the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ...
FLORENCE HENDERSON